Self-propelled railway car with operator&#39;s cab



m, J. F. CLAWY 2, ,4

SELF-PROPELLED RAILWAY CAR WITH OPERATORS CAB I Filed April 16, 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet l 51 IC1L 30 a7 4i i8 32 32 18 37 1 34 I 222:; 522%; 34 UQQJGBBUQ @GCJGGU 19 d u INVENTOR, J sepRE Clary.

A TTORNEY mean. 15 1953 J. FQCLARY 2,6MA88 SELF-PROPELLED RAILWAY CAR WITH OPERATORS CAB Filed April 16, 1952 i Sheets-Sheet 2 J/49 I 27/ 27 49 v 1 Y INVENTOR. 4 6 Z Joseph Clary ,4 TTOR/VE Y Dec. 15, 1953 J CLARY 2,662,488

SELF-PROPELLED RAILWAY CAR WITH OPERATORS CAB Filed April 16, 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 I .1 57 56 58 J5 (I O 57 I U P: h "f"- m Q 5 ii @GGGGUF E J Cr 5 V1 i-7 N I H] U] [1] [12 B] H] H] [D H] FIG. 12 INVENTOR.

Joseph F: Clary 4 TTORNEY Patented Dec. 15, 1953 SELF -PROPELLED: RAILWAY. GAR;w WITH OPERATOR/S CAB.

Josepli F; Clary, Glenco Budd-"Gompany, Phila tion oif Pennsylvania e, Ill:,. assignor' to The delphia; Pin, acorpora- Application April 16, 1952, Serial. N 0. 282,596.

(01. TOE-62% 9 Claims.

The. invention relates to self-propelled railway cars, and more specifically to the arrangement of the operators cab. andof. the passage establishing communication with adjoining cars. 7

The object of the invention is a new selfpropelled car eliminating certain objectionable features oLk-nown, designs and achieving. other additional advantages. I An-robjectionable feature of. many. known selfpropelledqrailwaytcars consists in that they have so-called street car. ends, that is: the operator. is

positioned directly behind the. respective end wall- Thiseisrnot. only undesirable. because it ex.- poses the operator. to great danger in case. of. accident but; for. thesame reason, isnot permissible. under theiru-les and, regulations. applying tow certain railroad networks.

In the new car the operator isplaced. at a permissible.- relatively safe. location, while retaining, communication between adjoining. cars through-their end doors as well as the payload space ofknown des ns.

Thaabove and-furtherfeatures, objects, and advantages of the invention will become apparentirom-the followingdescription of several .embodi-mentsand. .from .their illustration in. .the at.- tached drawing.

In. the. drawing:

Figs. 1 istasmallescale diagrammatic side elevation. of: aiself-propelled railway. car;

Fig, 2;. is a, sectional. :planview of the same car;

Eig; 3.-.is an. endnelevation onaalarger scale;

Fig. 44s a fra mentary,- sectional plan viewon adarger-scale --showingtheregion. surrounded; by

dot-:and-dash linesl-in Fig, 2, the. section being takenalongline 4-4015 Fig. 6-;.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal, fragmentary (section on the scale of Fig. 4 -taken along}.5"-5l.ofl Fig- 6;,

Fig. 6: isa diagrammatic, fragmentary,,longi-. tudinaltsection onthescale-and taken along lines 6-.-6=of:.Figs...4., 5,. and 7;

Fig. 'l isr ai. diagrammatic cross-section. on..the sealaand taken along line 1l' of Fig. .6

Fig, 8 issa-asmall-scale diagrammatic side .ele-

vationwoffa.self-propelled railway car representing, a. second. embodiment Fig; 9 is 'aadiagrammatic, fragmentary, longitudinal section; correspondingto Fig. olbut illuse trating, the:- embodiment-per Fig; 8;

Fig, 10 is aside elevationof. a self-propelled Y railway-car:representing a thirdform. of .the invention;. V i

Fig; 11 isa sectionaliplanview, the section being. .takensubstantially. along line H-'H.' of F Fig. IZ'is' an endelvation ona larger scale of'the car. shown i'n'Fig; 10; and

Fig. Isis a diagrammaticcross section along lines le -I 3" of. Figs. I'O'and 11' on the scale" of Fig. 12.

The different. embodiments illustrated in the drawing, have a pair. of supporting trucks diagrammatically indicated by their wheels" I51 a horizontal" floor l5, spaced" at an appropriate height above the supporting trucks, side wall'sll with windows l8; and end" walls I 9": Eaclr end wall has a passage door 'and'opening 20ofstandard'dimensions and location so that it will line up with correspondingopenings and doors of similar self propelledcars' or of other standard cars with whichthe new carmay be coupled.

The power unit I and the transmission are 'not shown in the drawing. Anyknown or otherwise appropriate construction" and" arrangement of these parts may be used; For instance; one or two combustion engines 'may' be arranged under the longitudinal middle region of fioor I6 and. may be connected by any type of transmission withthe wheels [5.

In the embodiment "illustratedin- Figs; 1 to 7, doors 2] centrally located inth'e side walls" lead 'to a vestibule Z'TcOmmunicating with-passageway or center aisle 23 of large passenger compartments. The? passengercompartments have rows of double seatsz' l between center aisle and'lside walls.

A partition or wall25 spacedfrom'therespective. end wall l 9.. defines: the outer end of I the respective passenger compartment and is" provided with. an. opening 2Bfor extending the center aisle to. passage door 2 0i Betweenen'd wall I9 and partition wall 25; the center aisle is" flanked by longitudinal partition walls"21',:doors28; andsteps or stairs 291 The .steps 29leadto .the sections'of a drivers cab..30',' ,one section or cab' on each side'of center aisle .23. The cab. and its sections are formed by a. fioor..3l arranged several 'stepsab'ove floor I 6 though. well? below main'roof 32, a transverse r'wa-ictitibnwall" '3'3extendingbetween floor 3 land an end-roof'portioni 3d," a rear'wall -extending betweenfioor 3|Land th'e'rearward main orcentral .rooflportion 32; an upperfrontwall 36*provided. with. large Windshields 31, a cabtopi or roof 38;? merging by a sloping v.portion 39 into main roof 3'3;and,upward'extensions 4'B'of the side walls providediwith;windows. s

The cabs or two sections'30'at each end of the car are in open'c'ommunication' withthestairs or steps 29*andare'in open communicatiomwith 3 each other above ceiling 42 of the car interior. Cab top 38 is preferably at full standing height above cab floor 3|. Hand rails 43 at the sides of stairs 29 extend upwardly beyond the latter to facilitate entering and leaving the cab.

An operators seat 43' is provided in each cab or section 39 on a horizontal portion 35 of wall 44. The control instruments 45 may be arranged on the front wall of the cab where, at appropriate height, a deadmans-bar 46 is arranged, the latter giving the operator a comfortable footrest if the seat is arranged too high to allow resting the feet on floor 3|. A second (not shown) foot rest or stool may be provided for the other foot of the operator.

The spaces in front of the cab and below its floor may serve as storage lockers 41, restrooms 48, and lockers 49 for control equipment (not shown) A headlight 50 is provided in the center between windshield openings 31. Radiators for the driving plant (not shown) are arranged on the central portion of roof 35, having about the same over-all height and crosssectional outer dimensions as the operators cabs 30 near the ends of the car. The roof portions 34 in front of the drivers cab may have about the same height and cross-sectional configuration as roofs of standard cars so as to line up with the latter. 4 On account of the open communication of the drivers cab with the car interior, the cabs will be as comfortably heated, ventilated, and airconditioned as the passenger compartments. without requiring additional installations.

The raised location of the cabs affords an excellent view over the track in front of the car for the operator and his assistant. In case of collision, the occupants of the operators cab are not immediately endangered because their position will not be affected unless and until the end portion of the car in front of the operators cab is crushed and the impact is great enough to destroy inwardly adjoining portions of the car. Evidently a great many if not the majority of collisions may lead to damage to the end wall but will not actually lead to destruction reaching the operators cab.

The embodiment illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 diifers from the first embodiment mainly in that the radiators 52 are arranged directly behind the operators cabs 30 and are enclosed in a housing 53 forming an extension of cab top 38 and merging at 54 into the central roof portion 55. Apart from this difference, the design is quite similar to the design per Figs. 1 through 7, the same numerals designating corresponding parts in both embodiments.

The embodiment per Figs. to 13 has a simple car roof 53 of which the cab tops 51 constitute extensions. The centrally located radiators 58 project above roof 56 though to a lesser degree than in the preceding embodiments. The two sections 59 of the operators cab are partly separated from each other in the upper region by a heating and air-conditioning duct 60 which also feeds the operators cabs. The stairs 29 may, partly or completely, be recessed in the partitions or walls 21. The arrangement may be such that cab floors 3] are at less than standing height but that the recessed top step affords full standing height. The cabs are separated from the center aisle 23 by doors 6|. The doors cover at least the recessed step or steps 29. Instead of a pair of Windshields as in the preceding embodiments, the windshield has three window panes 62 which afford a still better, less obstructed vision. Two doors 63 in each side Wall lead to a large vestibule 64 so as to speed up entry and discharge of passengers. Those features in which this embodiment and the preceding embodiment are substantially alike are again designated by the same numerals.

The invention is not restricted to the details of the illustrated embodiment but it extends to modifications and adaptations which will easily occur to thoseskilled in the art. For instance, the space between the operators cab and the adjacent end wall may be formed as a vestibule with one or two side entry doors with or without a passage opening in the end wall.

What is claimed is:

1. Self-propelled railway car having an end wall provided with a passage opening for communication with an adjoining car, and having a longitudinal passageway leading from said opening into the interior of the car, the provision of a raised operators cab on one side of and accessible from said passageway, said cab being spaced from said end wall and projecting above a roof portion of normal height and contour in front of it.

2. Self-propelled railway car having an end wall provided with a passage opening for communication with an adjoining car, and having a longitudinal passageway leading from said opening into the interior of the car, the provision of a raised operators cab on one side of and accessible from said passageway, said cab being spaced from said end wall and projecting abovea roof portion of normal height and contour in front of it, and steps, at least in part, recessed in the aisle wall establishing communication between said aisle and said cab.

3. Self-propelled railway car having an end wall provided with a passage opening for com: munication with an adjoining car, and having a longitudinal passageway leading from said opening into the interior of the car, the provision of a raised operators cab on one side of and. acces sible from said passageway, said cab being spaced; from said end wall and projecting above a roof; portion of normal height and contour in front of it, and a door separating said cab from said aisle.

4, Self-propelled railway car having an end. wall and a longitudinal passageway leading from said end wall into the interior of the car, the pro vision of a raised operators cab on the side of and accessible from said passageway, said cab being spaced from said end wall and projecting above a roof portion between end wall and cab, the space below said cab being formed as a lockerfor control equipment.

5, Self-propelled railway car having an end. wall and a longitudinal passageway leading from, said end wall into the interior of the car, the provision of an operators cab on one side of and accessible from said passageway, said cab being spaced from said end wall by a compartment of a width at least sufficient for permitting entry of a person, said cab being raised above the floor of the aisle and the car interior and projecting above a roof portion of about normal height and contour between it and said end wall. Y

6, Self-propelled railway car having an end wall and a longitudinal passageway leading from said end wall into the interior of the car, said passageway being spaced from both longitudinal sides of the car, the provision of a pair of raised operators cabs, one on each side of and accessible from said passageway, said cabs being arranged opposite each other, spaced from said end wall and projecting above a roof portion of normal height and contour in front of it.

7. Self-propelled railway car having an end wall and a longitudinal passageway leading from said opening into the interior of the car, said passageway being spaced from both longitudinal sides of the car, the provision of a pair of raised operators cabs, one on each side of and accessible from said passageway, said cabs being arranged opposite each other, spaced a short distance from said end Wall and projecting above a, roof portion of normal height and contour in front of it, said cabs comprising a common upper part extending from side to side of the car and across said aisle.

8. Self-propelled railwa car having an end wall and a longitudinal passageway leading from adjacent said end wall into the interior of the car, said passageway being spaced from both longitudinal sides of the car, the provision of a pair of raised operators cabs, one'on each side of and accessible from said passageway, said cabs being arranged opposite each other and spaced from said end wall, said cabs comprising a common upper part with a common cab roof extending from side to side of the car and across said aisle,

' said cab roof projecting above roof portions of normal height and contour in front and rear of it, a radiator being arranged in rear of said cabs in a housing projecting upwardly beyond said roof portion in rear of said cabs and having about the same height and contour as said cab roof.

9. Self-propelled railway car having an end wall and a longitudinal passageway leading from adjacent said end wall into the interior of the car, said passageway being spaced from both longitudinal sides of the car, the provision of a pair of raised operators cabs, one on each side of and accessible from said passageway, said cabs being arranged opposite each other and spaced from said end wall, said cabs comprising a common upper part with a common cab roof extending from side to side of the car and across said aisle, said cab roof projecting above roof portions of normal height and contour in front and rear of it, a radiator being arranged in rear of said cabs in a housing forming a rearward extension of said cab roof.

JOSEPH F. CLARY.

No references cited. 

